Christoph Haas wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:07:04AM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote: > >>Christoph Haas wrote: >> >>>On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 04:15:09PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> >>cool, So I'll need to register my signature as a Debian Developer. >>I'll figure out how to do this thanks. > > > Uhm, you would need to become a Debian developer to be able to upload. > That means you would need to go through the so called "new maintainers > process" - see http://nm.debian.org. Although you are surely free to do > that I'm not sure whether you want to invest the time (~6 months).
Interesting. Becomming a fedora developer was a much quicker process (2 weeks), though I aggree with the longer filtering process TBH. I'll go the sponsorship route for now, thanks. > > If you don't want to become a Debian developer or don't find a Debian > developer who is willing to maintain the package you could use > "sponsoring". Anyone (or you) maintains the package and then looks for a > Debian developer to upload the package on their behalf. That process is > called "sponsoring". You will still be listed as the maintainer of the > package. Just that a Debian developer checks your package prior to > uploading it. If you find a reliable sponsor that is hardly a barrier. > > >>>However the package is not yet in perfect shape. Run "lintian" on the >>>final package (lintian -i *deb) to see some obvious problems. >> >>Right, I'll lintian it and also read up on debian packaging policies. > > > Be patient. The policy is large. :) no worries. >>>Just in case there is a misunderstanding. You usually don't need to care >>>for a Debian package. It's okay to have someone who is familiar with >>>Debian to deal with all the policy and procedures. Here I assume that >>>you are personally interested in maintaining the Debian package. Just to >>>let you know there are surely volunteers in the Debian project so you >>>can concentrate on developing the actual (upstream) software. >> >>Sure. It would be better if someone stepped up, >>but in my experience I think it will be faster if I do everything myself. > > > I'll take a close look at your software. I can imagine that I'll become > the Debian maintainer of it unless you like to do that yourself. That > way you don't need to worry about the Debian-specific issues. Sweet! I have a few bug fixes queued, and also the lintian stuff etc. So I'll release 2.16 in a week or so and we can go from there. thanks, Pádraig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
